The lion spoke up! Ask for an annual salary of 30 million! Sorry, brother, you really don t deserve the price

There are many young players in the league who are young and frivolous, unable to recognize their positioning, and overestimate their abilities. A typical example this summer is Kumingga. After the Warriors were eliminated in the playoffs, Kumingga expressed his willingness to leave many times. He said that he had no chance to prove himself at the Warriors and wanted to go to other teams to become an absolute core and become an All-Star player. At the same time, Kumingga is also asking for a contract with an annual salary of more than US$30 million. However, ideals are full, reality is skinny. Kumingga's ending is that there are almost no other teams who are really interested in him, and his market is much smaller than expected. TA Warriors reporters said that Kumingga is likely to stay with the Warriors and sign a compromise contract with the Warriors, which will be much lower than his expectations.

Coincidentally, there is still a player in the league who is very similar to Kumingga's situation, that is, the Nets' Cameron Thomas. Many fans may not be familiar with Thomas. In fact, he has averaged 20+ points per game for two consecutive years. As the Nets' top scorer, this season, Thomas averaged 24.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 0.6 steals per game. With 24 points per game, he is already in the top 20 in the league. Cavaliers boss Mitchell averaged just 24 points during the regular season. James averaged 24.4 points last season and Curry averaged 24.5 points per game. In terms of scoring output alone, Thomas is already as famous as these top stars. This season, Thomas' annual salary is only US$4 million. After being selected by the Nets in the first round in 21 years, he signed a rookie standard contract with the team, totaling 10.46 million in four years and expires this summer.

In this way, Thomas' rookie bonus has expired this summer and he will become a free agent in pursuit of a larger contract. Some time ago, the Nets had provided Thomas with a one-year, $6 million qualification offer, making him a restricted free agent, and other teams were offered larger contracts, so the Nets could match. However, no other team seems to be interested in Thomas. In the words of reporter Jake Fischer, "Cameron Thomas has no market in the trading market." Now, Thomas is still negotiating with the Nets. Eric Pincus reported: "He insists on seeking a contract with an annual salary of more than 30 million yuan in negotiations." The Lions spoke up and asked for an annual salary of 30 million yuan. Sorry, brother, you really don't deserve the price.

Why is Thomas asking for an annual salary of 30 million yuan a big talk? With his average game data and team positioning, 30 million may not be expensive. After all, he is indeed the Nets' top scorer and can be regarded as the leader in the team. However, Thomas' personal attributes are very embarrassing. First of all, his static talent is average, he is only in his height of 1.9 meters, and his athletic ability is only average among defenders; secondly, Thomas' offensive role is too single, and he can only score points to put it bluntly, and he can only accumulate a lot of shots, and his organizational ability is not satisfactory; finally, his defensive ability is also lacking, and his offensive role is much greater than defense. This short shooting guard who has no organizational ability is the most inexpensive player in the league. Moreover, he also has the potential to suffer from injuries and has only played less than 30 games this season.

With Thomas' personal attributes, it is destined to be difficult for him to lead the team to break through the upper limit, and it is difficult for him to grow into a true All-Star himself. Another point is that Thomas' data is still produced in a bad team environment like the Nets, and there may be moisture. The benchmark is Jaylen Green. Although Green is also low in football, low in efficiency, and does not organize and connect, at least he can play data with the second highest in the West, with averaging more than 20 points per game, and his value is naturally higher than Thomas. In fact, there are many stars like Thomas who are a data brush in a weak team and cannot increase their net worth. Just like Clarkson, who averaged 16 points per game last season with the Jazz. After being bought out by the Jazz, he only joined the Knicks with a minimum salary contract for veterans. Wood, who was in the Rockets a few years ago, averaged 21+10 per game, and now he has reached the point where he has no ball to play.

These players generally have a common problem, that is, the game function is too single and the defense is not good. Even if a player is constipated in offense, his value will definitely not be low if he is at the top of his defense. This is the current market situation. So how much is Thomas worth? The annual salary of 20 million yuan in one year should be almost the same. In fact, he is still a very inspiring player. He started as a role player and found the opportunity when the three giants of the Nets parted ways and made a highlight moment. In 23 years, Thomas scored 40+ in three consecutive regular season games, surpassing Allen Iverson and becoming the youngest player in NBA history, with 40+ in three consecutive games. For Thomas now, it is not that he has no possibility of breaking the upper limit. If he wants to continue to improve, he should not rush it. Instead, he should make up for his shortcomings, cultivate his defensive and organizational skills, and truly lead the team to achieve results step by step, and then consider getting a contract.